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{{also|Appendix:Variations of "bo"}}
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==Translingual==

===Symbol===
{{mul-symbol}}

# {{ISO 639|1}}

==English==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/bəʊ/|a=UK}}
* {{IPA|en|/boʊ/|a=GA}}
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-bo.wav|a=US}}
* {{rhymes|en|əʊ|s=1}}
* {{homophone|en|beau|Bo|bow}}

===Etymology 1===
Imitative.

====Alternative forms====
* {{alt|en|boh|boo}}

====Interjection====
{{en-interj}}

# An exclamation used to startle or frighten.
#* {{RQ:Montaigne Florio Essayes|chapter=37|book=II|passage=We may fairely cry '''bo-bo-boe'''; it may well make us hoarse, but it will nothing advaunce it.}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{der2|en|bo-peep|peep bo||say bo to a goose}}

===Etymology 2===
Probably a shortening of {{m|en|boy}}.

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# {{lb|en|US|slang}} [[fellow|Fellow]], [[chap]], [[boy]].
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1940|author=w:Raymond Chandler|title=Farewell, My Lovely|page=255|publisher=Penguin|year_published=2010
|passage=‘Never heard of him,’ he smiled. ‘On your way, '''bo'''.’}}

===Etymology 3===
{{wikipedia|Bo (weapon)}}
From {{der|en|ja|棒|tr=bō}}, from {{der|en|ltc|棒||[[staff]], [[club]]}} (compare modern {{cog|zh|棒|tr=bàng}}).

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# {{lb|en|martial arts}} A [[quarterstaff]], especially in an oriental context.

===See also===
{{col2|en|bo bian|bo jio|bo lei|bo liao|bo tree|sic bo|tio bo|zha bo|bo chup}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=bo|OB|Ob|Ob.|ob|ob-|ob.}}

{{cln|en|two-letter words}}
{{C|en|Weapons}}

==Afrikaans==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|af|nl|boven}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|af|/bʊə/}}
* {{audio|af|LL-Q14196 (afr)-Oesjaar-bo.wav}}

===Adverb===
{{head|af|adverb}}

# [[above]]

===Preposition===
{{head|af|preposition}}

# [[above]]

==Binongan Itneg==

===Pronunciation===
*{{hyph|itb|bo}}

===Particle===
{{head|itb|paticle|head=bó}}

# [[yes]]

==Catalan==

===Etymology===
{{inh+|ca|la|bonus}}, from {{inh|ca|itc-ola|duenos}}, later {{m|itc-ola|duonus}}, from {{inh|ca|itc-pro|*dwenos}}. Numerous cognates include {{cog|fr|bon}} and {{cog|pt|bom}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{ca-IPA|ò}}
* {{audio|ca|LL-Q7026 (cat)-Unjoanqualsevol-bo.wav}}
* {{rhymes|ca|ɔ|s=1}}

===Adjective===
{{ca-adj|#na}}

# [[good]]

====Usage notes====
* The form {{m|ca|bon}} is used as the masculine singular form when the adjective precedes the noun, and {{m|ca|bo}} is used in all other cases.

====Derived terms====
{{col3|ca
|bon dia
|bon Nadal
|bon profit
|bon vent i barca nova
|bon vespre
|bon viatge
|bona nit
|Bona Pasqua
|bona sort
|bona tarda
|bones tardes
|bonesa
|boníssim
|tan bon punt
|tant de bo
|tenir la bona
}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|ca|bondat}}

====See also====
* {{l|ca|bé}}, {{l|ca|ben}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:ca:IEC2}}
* {{R:ca:DCVB}}

==Cebuano==

===Noun===
{{head|ceb|noun}}

# [[arm wrestling]]

===Verb===
{{head|ceb|verb}}

# to [[arm-wrestle]]

{{C|ceb|Sports}}

==Cimbrian==

===Etymology 1===
From {{inh|cim|gmh|wā}}, from {{inh|cim|goh|wār}}, {{m|goh|hwār}}, from {{inh|cim|gmw-pro|*hwār}}, from {{inh|cim|gem-pro|*hwar||where}}. Cognate with {{cog|de|wo}}, {{cog|en|where}}.

====Adverb====
{{head|cim|adverb|cat2=interrogative adverbs}}

# {{lb|cim|Luserna|interrogative}} [[where]]
#: {{uxi|cim|'''Bo''' lebetar?|'''Where''' do you live?}}

=====Alternative forms=====
* {{alter|cim|ba||Sette Comuni}}

====References====
* {{R:Patuzzi}}

===Etymology 2===
{{rfe|cim}}

====Conjunction====
{{head|cim|conjunction}}

# {{lb|cim|7}} [[the#Etymology_2|the ... the]]
#: {{ux|cim|'''Bo''' mèront hatzich, '''bo''' mèeront bilzich.|'''The''' more we have, '''the''' more we want.}}

====References====
* {{R:Martalar1974}}

==Cornish==

===Pronunciation===
{{IPA|kw|/ˈboː/|a=RLC}}

===Verb===
{{head|kw|verb form}}

# {{inflection of|kw|bos||3|s|pres|subj}}

===Mutation===
{{kw-mut-cons|b|o}}

==Cuiba==

===Noun===
{{head|cui|noun}}

# [[home]], [[house]]

==Czech==

===Etymology===
{{inh+|cs|zlw-ocs|bo}}, from {{inh|cs|sla-pro|*bo}}. Compare {{cog|pl|bo}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{cs-IPA}}

===Conjunction===
{{head|cs|conjunction}}

# {{lb|cs|dialectal}} [[as]], [[since]], [[because]]
#: {{syn|cs|neboť}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:cs:KNLA}}
* {{R:cs:SSJC}}

==Danish==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|da|/boː/|[b̥oːˀ]}}

===Etymology 1===
{{root|da|ine-pro|*bʰuH-}}
From {{der|da|non|bú}}, from {{der|da|non|búa||to reside}}.

====Noun====
{{da-noun|et|er}}

# [[estate]] {{gloss|the property of a deceased person}}
# [[den]], [[nest]]
# [[abode]], [[home]]

=====Inflection=====
{{da-noun-infl|et|er}}

===Etymology 2===
{{root|da|ine-pro|*bʰuH-}}
From {{der|da|non|búa||to reside}}, from {{inh|da|gem-pro|*būaną}}, cognate with {{cog|no|bo}}, {{m|no|bu}}, {{cog|sv|bo}}, {{cog|de|bauen}}, {{cog|nl|bouwen}}, {{cog|got|𐌱𐌰𐌿𐌰𐌽}}.

====Verb====
{{head|da|verb|present tense|bor|past tense|boede|past participle|boet}}

# to [[live]], [[reside]], [[dwell]]
#: {{ux|da|Hun '''bor''' i London.|She '''lives''' in London.}}

=====Conjugation=====
{{da-conj|bo||bor|ede|h|et|||-|-}}

==Dutch==

===Etymology===
{{clipping|nl|boterham}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|nl|/boː/}}
* {{audio|nl|Nl-bo.ogg}}
* {{rhymes|nl|oː}}

===Noun===
{{nl-noun|m|-'s|-ke}}

# {{lb|nl|Belgium}} [[sandwich]]

==Duvle==

===Noun===
{{head|duv|noun}}

# [[fire]]

===Further reading===
Bill Palmer, ''The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area'' ({{ISBN|3110295253}}, 2017), page 531, table 95, ''Comparative basic vocabulary in Lakes Plain Languages''

{{topics|duv|Fire}}

==Esperanto==

===Pronunciation===
{{eo-IPA|a=LL-Q143 (epo)-Lepticed7-bo.wav}}
* {{hmp|eo|bo-}}

===Noun===
{{eo-head}}

# {{Latn-def|eo|name|B|b}}

====See also====
* {{list:Latin script letter names/eo}}

==Fala==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|fax|roa-opt|bõo}}, from {{inh|fax|la|bonus}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{fax-pr}}

===Adjective===
{{fax-adj|f=boa}}

# [[good]]

====Usage notes====
* In Lagarteiru, when preceding a feminine noun as part of a noun phrase, the masculine forms are used.

====Derived terms====
{{der3|fax|Noitiboa<t:Christmas Eve>|}}

====Related terms====
{{rel3|fax|bondai<t:goodness>}}

===References===
* {{R:fax:Diccionariu|67}}

==Fijian==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|fj|poz-oce-pro|*baʀoq}}, from {{inh|fj|poz-pro|*baʀəq}}.

===Noun===
{{head|fj|noun}}

# {{lb|fj|medicine}} [[boil]]

==Friulian==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|fur|la|bos|bōs, bōvem}}, probably through {{inh|fur|VL.|*boem}}.

===Noun===
{{fur-noun|m|pl=bûs}}

# [[ox]]

====Synonyms====
* {{l|fur|nemâl}}

====See also====
* {{l|fur|taur}}
* {{l|fur|vacje}}

==Galician==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alt|gl|bon}}
* {{alt|gl|bó}}
* {{alt|gl|boo||dated}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|gl|roa-opt|bõo}}, from {{inh|gl|la|bonus}}. Cognate with {{cog|pt|bom}} and {{cog|es|bueno}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|gl|/ˈboː/}}

===Adjective===
{{gl-adj|f=#a}}

# [[good]]
#: {{ant|gl|malo|mao}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|gl|aboar}}
* {{l|gl|boanza}}
* {{l|gl|Bonome}}
* {{l|gl|Boo}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|gl|ben}}

===References===
* {{R:gl:DDGM}}
* {{R:gl:DDLG}}
* {{R:gl:TILG}}
* {{R:TLPGP}}

==Guinea-Bissau Creole==

===Etymology 1===
From {{der|pov|pt|vós}}. Cognate with {{cog|kea|bo}}.

====Pronoun====
{{head|pov|pronoun}}

# [[you]] (second person singular).
# [[you]] (second person plural)

===Etymology 2===
From {{der|pov|pt|bom}}. Cognate with {{cog|kea|bon}}.

====Adjective====
{{head|pov|adjective}}

# [[good]]

==Gunwinggu==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|gup|/ˈpo/}}

===Noun===
{{head|gup|noun}}

# [[water]]
# [[liquid]]

====Derived terms====
{{col3|gup
|bonguneng
}}

===References===
* Lynette Frances Oates, ''A Tentative Description of the Gunwinggu Language'' (1964)
* Steven and Narelle Etherington, ''Kunwinjku Kunwok: A Short Introduction to Kunwinjku Language and Society'' (third edition, 1998)

==Italian==

===Interjection===
{{head|it|interjection}}

# {{alt sp|it|boh}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|it|a=bo|Ob.}}

==Japanese==

===Romanization===
{{ja-romaji}}

# {{Latn-def|ja|syllable|ぼ|ボ|bo}}

==Kabuverdianu==

===Etymology===
From {{der|kea|pt|vós}}.

===Pronoun===
{{head|kea|pronoun}}

# [[you]] (second person singular).

==Kalasha==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|kls|sa|बहु}}, from {{inh|kls|ine-pro|*bʰn̥ǵʰús}}. Cognate with {{cog|khw|بو⁩|tr=bo}}, {{cog|hi|बहुत}}.

===Adverb===
{{head|kls|adverb}}

# [[very]]

===Adjective===
{{head|kls|adjective}}

# [[many]], a [[lot]]

==Louisiana Creole==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|lou|/bo/}}
* {{rhymes|lou|o|s=1}}

===Etymology 1===
Inherited from {{inh|lou|fr|beau|t=handsome, fine, attractive; boyfriend}}.

====Adjective====
{{head|lou|adjective|g=m|feminine|bèl}}

# [[handsome]], [[beautiful]], [[pretty]]
#: {{syn|lou|joli|vayan}}
#: {{ant|lou|lèd|vilin}}

====Noun====
{{head|lou|noun}}

# (a) [[boyfriend]]
#: {{syn|lou|boyfrìnn|lamour}}
#: {{coordinate terms|lou|amoureu|amoureuz|bèl|blond|fyanse|gèlfrènn|kalènn|malin|négrès}}

===Etymology 2===
{{rfe|lou}} Compare [[Wikipedia:Saint-Domingue|Saint Dominican Creole French]] ''{{l|ht|bobo}}'', {{cog|ht|bo}}.

====Verb====
{{head|lou|verb}}

# {{lb|lou|transitive|or|intransitive}} to [[kiss]]
#: {{syn|lou|béké|embrasé}}

====Noun====
{{head|lou|noun}}

# (a) [[kiss]]
#: {{syn|lou|bèk|nembrasad}}

===References===
* Alcée Fortier, ''Louisiana Folktales''

==Mandarin==

===Romanization===
{{cmn-pinyin}}

# {{cmn-pinyin of|卜}}
# {{cmn-pinyin of|啵}}
# {{cmn-pinyin of|噃}}
# {{cmn-pinyin of|蔔}}

{{cmn-pinyin|notr=1}}

# {{nonstandard spelling of|cmn|bō}}
# {{nonstandard spelling of|cmn|bó}}
# {{nonstandard spelling of|cmn|bǒ}}
# {{nonstandard spelling of|cmn|bò}}

====Usage notes====
* {{cmn-toneless-note}}

==Mawes==

===Noun===
{{head|mgk|noun}}

# [[water]]

===Further reading===
* {{R:Voorhoeve Irian Jaya}}
* [https://archive.org/stream/rosettaproject_mgk_swadesh-1/mgk.txt Mawes Swadesh List]

==Nabak==

===Noun===
{{head|naf|noun}}

# [[pig]]

===References===
* Corinna Handschuh, ''A typology of marked-S languages''

==Northern Kurdish==

===Pronunciation===
* {{rhymes|kmr|oː|s=1}}

===Preposition===
{{head|kmr|preposition}}

# [[for]]

====Derived terms====
* {{l|kmr|ji bo}}
* {{l|kmr|bo çi}}

==Norwegian Bokmål==

===Etymology 1===
Borrowed from {{bor|nb|gml|behof}} (compare with {{l|nb|behov}}).

====Noun====
{{head|nb|noun|indeclinable}} (idiomatic use only)

# {{lb|nb|uncountable|usually with {{m|nb|ha}}}} a [[need]]
#: {{ux|nb|Jeg '''har bo''' for en hammer.|t=I '''could use''' a hammer.}}

=====Usage notes=====
A noun not commonly used.

=====Synonyms=====
* {{l|nb|behøve}}
* {{l|nb|trenge}}
* {{l|nb|ha bruk for}}

=====Related terms=====
* {{l|nb|behov}}

===Etymology 2===
{{root|nb|ine-pro|*bʰuH-}}
From {{der|nb|da|bo}}, from {{der|nb|non|bú||settled area, town}} (compare alternative form {{m|nb|bu}}). Akin to {{m|nb|bod||store room, booth}} and the verb {{m|nb|bo||to live}}.

====Alternative forms====
* {{alt|nb|bu||Nynorsk also}}

====Noun====
{{nb-noun-n1}}

# one's home {{q|mainly idiomatic}}
#: {{ux|nb|De giftet seg og '''satte bo'''.|t=They married and '''settled down'''/'''built their home'''.}}
# [[estate]]
#: {{ux|nb|Å skifte et '''bo'''.|t=To divide an '''estate'''.}}

=====Synonyms=====
* {{sense|one's home}} {{l|nb|bolig}}, {{l|nb|hjem}}/{{l|nb|heim}}
* {{sense|estate}} {{l|nb|eiendom}}, {{l|nb|gods}}

=====Derived terms=====
: ''See combined section below.''

===Etymology 3===
{{root|nb|ine-pro|*bʰuH-}}
From {{der|nb|da|bo}}, from {{der|nb|non|búa||to prepare, finish, make preparations, equip}}, cognate with {{cog|ang|būan}}, Old Frisian {{m|en|buwa}}, {{cog|osx|būan}} and {{cog|goh|būan}} (whence {{cog|de|bauen}}).

====Alternative forms====
* {{alt|nb|bu||Nynorsk also}}

====Verb====
{{head|nb|verb|imperative|bo|present tense|bor|simple past|bodde|past participle|bodd|present participle|boende}}

# to [[live]] {{q|have permanent residence}}, stay
#: {{ux|nb|Hvor '''bor''' du (hen)?|t=Where do you live?}}
#: {{ux|nb|Jeg vet hvor du '''bor'''.|t=I know where you live.}}
#: {{ux|nb|Hvor lenge blir du '''boende'''.|t=How long will you be staying?}}
# to be, to dwell, to be in
#: {{ux|nb|Husk at all skjønnhet på jord '''bor''' i de evige ord: Jeg elsker deg.|t=Remember that all beauty on Earth dwells in those eternal words: I love you.}} ([[:w:Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson|Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson]])
#: {{ux|nb|Du aner ikke hva som virkelig '''bor''' i henne.|t=You have no idea '''what''' she's really '''like'''.}} (literally: "you have no idea what really dwells in her")

=====Synonyms=====
* {{sense|to live, have residence}} {{l|nb|holde hus}} ({{l|nb|holde til huse}}), {{l|nb|holde til husere}}, {{l|nb|kampere}}, {{l|nb|leve}}, {{l|nb|losjere}}, {{l|nb|oppholde seg}}, {{l|nb|residere}}, {{l|nb|tilbringe}}
* {{sense|to dwell in, be in}} {{l|nb|finnes}}, {{l|nb|rommes}}, {{l|nb|skjule seg}}, {{l|nb|være}}, {{l|nb|være til stede}}

=====Derived terms=====
: '''(Noun and verb)'''
{{der3|nb|bebo
|bobil
|boende
|bo sammen
|bo seg i hjel
|bosette
|bosted
|bygge og bo
|dødsbo
|fastboende
|hva som bor i
|konkursbo
|landsbyboer
|sette bo
|sitte i ukskiftet bo
|skifte et bo
|ta et bo under behandling
|uskiftet bo}}

===References===
* {{R:Ordnett}}
* {{R:The Bokmål Dictionary}}
* [http://www.ordtak.no/index.php search on "bo" on ''Ordtak.no'' - web site containing quotes and citations]

==Norwegian Nynorsk==

===Etymology===
From {{der|nn|gml|behof}} (compare [[behov]]).

===Noun===
{{head|nn|noun|indeclinable}} {{q|idiomatic use only}}

# {{lb|nn|uncountable|usually with [[ha#Norwegian Nynorsk|ha]]|uncommon}} a [[need]]
#: {{ux|nn|Eg '''har bo''' for ein hammar.|t=I '''could use''' a hammer.}}

====Synonyms====
* {{l|nn|behøve}}
* {{l|nn|trenge}}
* {{l|nn|turve}}
* {{l|nn|ha bruk for}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|nn|behov}}

===References===
* {{R:The Nynorsk Dictionary}}

==Old Czech==

===Etymology===
{{inh+|zlw-ocs|sla-pro|*bo}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{zlw-ocs-IPA}}

===Conjunction===
{{head|zlw-ocs|conjunction}}

# [[because]]

====Descendants====
* {{desc|cs|bo}}

===References===
* {{R:zlw-ocs:Gebauer|bo}}

==Old Norse==

===Alternative forms===
* {{l|non|bú||Old West Norse}}

===Etymology===
{{root|non|ine-pro|*bʰuH-}}
From {{inh|non|gem-pro|*būą}}.

===Noun===
{{non-noun|n}}

# {{lb|non|Old East Norse}} [[dwelling]]
#* '''Late 10th century''', {{w|Karlevi Runestone}}

==Old Polish==

===Etymology===
{{inh+|zlw-opl|sla-pro|*bo}}. {{etydate|first half of the 14th century}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{zlw-opl-IPA}}

===Conjunction===
{{head|zlw-opl|conjunction}}

# {{lb|zlw-opl|attested in|Greater Poland}} [[because]]
#* {{RQ:zlw-opl:Leksz|I|461|1388|Czso posual Jacub medzi mnø a medzi Bodzechnø, tho posual po prawe, '''bosmi''' tho sandzili|Czso pozwał Jakub miedzy mną a miedzy Bodzechną, to pozwał po prawie, '''bosmy''' to sądzili|-}}
#* {{RQ:zlw-opl:Kśw|br 10|Moui... pocazuiø, iz sø gresnicy ctuoracy; '''bo''' moui to slouo albo sedøcim, albo spøcim, albo lezøcim, albo uma[rłym]|Mowi... pokazuję, iż są grzesznicy cztwioracy; '''bo''' mowi to słowo albo siedzącym, albo śpiącym, albo leżącym, albo uma[rłym]|-}}
#* {{RQ:zlw-opl:OrtMac|71|Panye woyczye, yusz '''bo''' czyą [y] pytham na prawye... yesthly to szlubyenye moczno|Panie wojcie, już '''bo''' cię [i] pytam na prawie... jestli to ślubienie mocno|-}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|pl|bo}}
* {{desc|szl|bo}}

===References===
* {{R:pl:Sławski}}
* {{R:pl:Boryś}}
* {{R:pl:Bańkowski}}
* {{R:zlw-opl:SPJSP}}

==Papiamentu==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|pap|abo}} {{q|synonym}}

===Etymology===
From {{der|pap|pt|vós}} and {{der|pap|es|vos}} and {{der|pap|kea|bo}}.

===Pronoun===
{{head|pap|pronoun}}

# [[you]] (second person singular)

===Determiner===
{{head|pap|determiner}}

# [[your]]

==Peranakan Indonesian==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|pea|nan-hbl|-}} {{zh-l|無|tr=bô|t=not}}.

===Adverb===
{{head|pea|adverb}}

# [[not]]: negation particle

====Derived terms====
{{der4|pea|
| bosoe
| botjing
| boloei
| botjay
| bobice'
| boyoh
| botjwah
| bosihpoen
| boliamsim
| boloatjee
| boyauwkin
| bosiangkan
| botjingli
| bosioeki
| boseedji
| bopoensoe
| botattji
| botauwlouw
| bolamsam
| bosiauw
| botjhikhi
| bolangtjai
| boheloh
|}}
{{der4|pea|
| bo gawe koen
| bodji-bobak
| bohe boloh
|}}

==Polish==

===Etymology===
{{dercat|pl|sla-pro|ine-bsl-pro|ine-pro|inh=3}}
{{inh+|pl|zlw-opl|bo}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{pl-pr|a=Pl-bo.ogg;LL-Q809 (pol)-Gower-bo.wav|mp=#}}

===Conjunction===
{{head|pl|conjunction}}

# [[because]], [[for]] {{gl|by or for the cause that}}
#: {{syn|pl|albowiem|boć|bowiem|dlatego że|gdyż|jako że|ponieważ}}
#: {{uxi|pl|Nie zadzwoniłem, '''bo''' spałem.|I didn't call '''because''' I was sleeping.}}
#: {{uxi|pl|'''Bo''' nie.|'''Because''' I said no.}}
#: {{uxi|pl|'''Bo''' tak.|'''Because''' reasons.}}
# [[or]], [[or else]], [[otherwise]]
#: {{syn|pl|bo inaczej|inaczej|w przeciwnym razie|w przeciwnym wypadku}}
#: {{uxi|pl|'''Bo''' co?|'''Or else''' what?}}
#: {{uxi|pl|Wstawaj już, '''bo''' spóźnisz się do szkoły!|Get up now '''or''' you'll be late for school!}}
# [[because]] {{gl|as is known, inferred, or determined from the fact that}}
#: {{uxi|pl|On nie jest miły, '''bo''' nie chciał dać mi swoich ciasteczek.|He isn't nice '''because''' he didn't want to give me his cookies.}}
# {{lb|pl|Kujawy}} [[or]], [[either]]
#: {{syn|pl|albo}}
# {{lb|pl|Middle Polish}} [[namely]]
#: {{syn|pl|mianowicie}}
# {{lb|pl|Middle Polish}} {{def-uncertain|pl}}
## [[also]]; [[even]]
##* {{RQ:pl:WróbŻołt|82/9|Moab y Agarenowie Gebalitowie j Amon y Amalech/ y cżudzoziemci z mieſzkaiącimi w Tirze. [...] '''Bo'''y Aſſur prziſzedł ſnimi j ſtał ſie na pomoc ſinom Lotowym. [Etenim Assur venit cum illis: facti sunt in adiutorium filiis Loth]||-}}
##* {{RQ:pl:WróbŻołt|88/6|[Confitebuntur coeli mirabilia tua domine: etenim veritatem tuam in ecclesia santorum] Będą wyznawać niebioſa czuda twoie miły panie '''bo''' y prawdę twoię będę wyſlawiać w zebraniu ſwiętych.||-}}
# {{lb|pl|Middle Polish}} {{def-uncertain|pl}}

===Particle===
{{head|pl|particle}}

# {{ng|emphasizes the statement, usually in phrases of opposite meanings, or introduces a rhetorical question, denying its literal meaning}}
#: {{syn|pl|bo i|bo niby}}
#: {{uxi|pl|Ładna, '''bo''' ładna, ale głupia.|'''Well''', she might be pretty, but she is also stupid.}}
#: {{uxi|pl|'''Bo''' to prawda?|Is this '''really''' true?}}
#: {{uxi|pl|'''Bo''' ja wiem?|'''How''' am I '''supposed''' to know that?}}
#: {{uxi|pl|Nigdy o tym nie mówiłem, '''bo''' i po co?|I never talked about it '''because''' why would I?}}
# {{lb|pl|with [[ale]]}} [[may]] [[very well]], [[but]], [[even though]], [[despite]]
#: {{uxi|pl|Stary, '''bo''' stary, '''ale''' mocny.|He '''very well may''' be old, '''but''' he's still strong.}}
#: {{uxi|pl|Trudno '''bo''' trudno, '''ale''' robi się łatwiej.|It '''may very well''' be hard, '''but''' it's getting easier.}}

====Usage notes====
Combined forms for this word are uncommon and often formed for stylization.

====Declension====
{{pl-decl-combined-forms}}

====Derived terms====
{{col-auto|pl|title=particle|bo ja wiem}}

===Trivia===
{{pl-freq 1990|35|5|87|231|378|736|62|29|1}}

===References===
{{reflist}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:pl:WSJP||29711}}
* {{R:pl:PWN}}
* {{R:pl:SXVI|+|44380}}
* {{R:pl:SXVII|BO|7426|date=21.09.2016}}
* {{R:pl:SXVII|BO|7427|date=14.01.2008}}
* {{R:pl:SJP1807}}
* {{R:pl:SJP1861}}
* {{R:pl:SJP1900||178|1}}
* {{R:pl:NFJP}}
* {{R:pl:Bliziński:1860||620}}
* {{R:pl:Kolberg:1867||268}}

==Romagnol==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|rgn|la|bōs|t=cow, bull}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{rgn-IPA|rf=1|r=1|vu=1|'|b|ò}}

===Noun===
{{rgn-noun|m|bu}} {{tlb|rgn|V}}

# {{l|en|ox}}

===References===
* {{R:rgn:Ercolani|page=51}}

==Silesian==

===Etymology===
{{dercat|szl|sla-pro|inh=1}}
{{inh+|szl|zlw-opl|bo}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{szl-pr}}

===Conjunction===
{{head|szl|conjunction}}

# [[because]]

===Particle===
{{head|szl|particle}}

# {{n-g|emphasizes the statement, usually in phrases of opposite meanings, or introduces a rhetorical question, denying its literal meaning}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:szl:dykcjonorz}}
* {{R:szl:silling}}

==Slovene==

===Pronunciation===
* {{sl-IPA|bọ̑}}

===Verb===
{{head|sl|verb form|head=bọ̑}}

# {{inflection of|sl|bíti||3|s|futr}}

==Spanish==
{{wikipedia|lang=es|Bo (lenguaje)}}

===Alternative forms===
* {{alt|es|vo}}

===Interjection===
{{head|es|interjection}}

# {{label|es|Uruguay|colloquial}} [[hey]], [[mate]], [[dude]]
#: {{syn|es|che}}

==Sranan Tongo==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|srn|/bo/}}

===Etymology 1===
Contraction of {{m|srn|ben}} and {{m|srn|o}}.

====Particle====
{{head|srn|particle}}

# {{n-g|Marker for the irrealis mood.}}

===Etymology 2===
From {{der|srn|en|bow}}.

====Noun====
{{head|srn|noun}}

# {{topics|srn|Architecture|Geometry}} {{l|en|bow}}, [[arch]]

=====Related terms=====
* {{l|srn|alenbo|t=rainbow}}

==Swedish==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|sv|[buː]}}
* {{audio|sv|Sv-bo.ogg}}

===Etymology 1===
{{root|sv|ine-pro|*bʰuH-}}
From {{inh|sv|non|búa}}, from {{inh|sv|gem-pro|*būaną}}.

====Verb====
{{sv-verb-reg|bo|r|dde}}

# {{lbl|sv|intransitive}} [[live]]; [[dwell]]; [[reside]]; to have permanent residence
#: {{ux|sv|Jag vill '''bo''' i en stor stad.|I want to '''live''' in a big city.}}
#* {{quote-song|sv|lyricist=w:Lasse Åberg|year=1984|composer=w:Janne Schaffer|artist=w:Electric Banana Band|album=w:sv:Livet i regnskogarna|trans-album=Life in the rainforests|title=Zwampen [Svampen]|trans-title=The mushroom|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhQAFaYm4X0|text=Jag gillar inte höghus, sten och lättbetong. Jag trivs inte i stan, för den är grå och trång. Jag vill '''bo''' i en svamp, annars får jag kramp (svamp). Det finns hopp för min kropp i en mullig sopp (svamp). Kom ikväll, och var snäll, till min kantarell (svamp). Titta in, och ta ton, i min champinjon (svamp). Jag vill ut i skogen, i luft och rymd och ljus, och sitta framför svampen, och höra tallens sus. Jag vill '''bo''' ... [as before]. Tiderna är hårda, livet är en kamp. Det känns mycket bättre, om jag har min svamp. Jag vill '''bo''' ... [as before].|t=I don't like high-rise, stone and lightweight concrete. I don't like it in the city, because it [the city] is gray and crowded [tight, cramped]. I want '''to live''' in a mushroom, otherwise I get cramps (mushroom). There is hope for my body in a chubby bolete (mushroom). Come tonight, and be nice [kind], to my chanterelle (mushroom). Stop by, and sing ["take tone" – start singing or speaking], in my champignon [common mushroom, like a button mushroom] (mushroom). I want to get out in the forest [want out in the forest], in air and space and light, and sit in front of the mushroom, and hear the sighing of the pine. I want '''to live''' ... [as before]. [The] times are hard, [the] life is a struggle. It feels much better, if I have my mushroom. I want '''to live''' ... [as before].}}
#* {{quote-song|sv|author=w:Eva Dahlgren|year=1989|title=[[w:Ängeln i rummet|Ängeln i rummet]]|trans-title=The angel in the room|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mm3vKKgnG6Y|text=Det '''bor''' en ängel i mitt rum. Hon har sitt bo ovanför mitt huvud. Hon gör {{l|sv|mej}} lugn. Och hon viskar till {{l|sv|mej}} allt det jag säger {{l|sv|dej}}.|t=There is an angel living in my room [it '''lives''' an angel in my room]. She has her dwelling [usually of animals, especially nests] above my head. She puts me at ease [makes me calm]. And she whispers to me all the things that [all that (which)] I say to you.}}

=====Conjugation=====
{{sv-conj-wk|bo|end=vw|nop=1|nopp=1}}

=====Related terms=====
{{rel3|sv|bebo|-bo|boende|bofast|bonde|boning|bostad|trångbodd}}

===Etymology 2===
{{root|sv|ine-pro|*bʰuH-}}
{{rfe|sv}}

====Noun====
{{sv-noun|n}}

# a [[dwelling]] (of an animal), especially a [[bird's nest]]
#: {{ux|sv|fågel'''bo'''|bird’s '''nest'''}}
#: {{ux|sv|att bygga '''bo'''|to build '''a nest''' / to nest ("build nest" – idiomatic phrasing)}}
# {{lb|sv|poetic|extended from sense 1}} a [[home]]
#: {{ux|sv|sätta '''bo'''|settle down}}
#* {{quote-text|sv|year=1893|author=w:sv:Elias Sehlstedt|url=https://runeberg.org/esesaovi/0075.html|title=Visa
|passage=Litet '''bo''' jag sätta vill / Gård med trädgårdstäppa till,{{...}}|t=[a] little '''home''' I want to set out / [a] farm with [a] garden plot to it{{...}}}}

=====Usage notes=====
* The use of "bo" as a shorthand for "{{l|sv|bostad}}" and "{{l|sv|boende}}" (housing) goes back at least to the 1920s, for example in the name of trade expos like "[[w:sv:Bygge och Bo|Bygge och Bo]]" (1925).

=====Declension=====
{{sv-infl-noun-n-n|2=boe|3=bo|definitions=1, 2}}
Alternative form for the definite singular: ''[[bot]]''/''[[bots]]''.
{{sv-infl-noun-c-r|definitions=3}}

=====Related terms=====
{{rel3|sv
|bodelning
|bokris
|bolag
|bomärke
|bomässa
|bosätta
|boskap
|dödsbo
|fågelbo
|råttbo
|sambo
|särbo
|svalbo
}}

=====See also=====
* {{l|sv|gryt}}
* {{l|sv|kula}}
* {{l|sv|näste}}
* {{l|sv|råtthål}}

===References===
* {{R:svenska.se|so}}
* {{R:svenska.se|saol}}
* {{R:svenska.se|saob}}

{{C|sv|Heraldic charges}}

==Tày==

===Pronunciation===
* {{tyz-IPA}}

===Noun===
{{tyz-noun}}

# [[spathe]]
#: {{uxi|tyz|'''bo''' mảy|[[spathe]] of [[bamboo shoot]]s}}
#: {{uxi|tyz|'''bo''' làng|[[spathe]] of [[areca palm]]s}}

===References===
* {{R:Lương Bèn}}

==Venetan==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|vec|VL.|*boem}}, from {{inh|vec|la|bos|bos, bovem}}.

===Noun===
{{head|vec|noun|g=m|invariable}}

# [[ox]]

{{C|vec|Mammals}}

==Vietnamese==

===Pronunciation===
{{vi-IPA}}

===Etymology 1===
{{elements|vi|B|beri|Be|cacbon|C}}
From {{bor|vi|fr|bore}}.

====Noun====
{{vi-noun}}

# {{l|en|boron}}

===Etymology 2===

====Verb====
{{vi-verb}}

# {{alt form|vi|boa||{{l|en|to [[leave]] a [[tip]]}}}}

{{C|vi|Boron|Metalloids}}

==Welsh==

===Alternative forms===
* {{l|cy|byddo}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{rhymes|cy|oː|s=1}}

===Verb===
{{cy-verb form}}

# {{lb|cy|literary}} {{inflection of|cy|bod||3|s|pres|subj}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|cy|cyn bo hir}}

===Mutation===
{{cy-mut}}

==West Makian==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|mqs|/bo/}}

===Noun===
{{head|mqs|noun}}

# [[penis]]

===References===
* {{R:mqs:Voorhoeve:1982}}

==Xhosa==

===Pronoun===
{{xh-pron|stem=1}}

# {{xh-combining stem of|bona}}

==Yale==

===Pronoun===
{{head|nce|pronoun}}

# [[I]] {{gloss|first-person singular personal pronoun}}

==Zaghawa==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|zag|/bo/}}

===Noun===
{{head|zag|noun}}

# [[bull]]
# [[crook | shepherd's crook]]
# [[handle]] (of a tool, etc. - a stick to hold something with)

===References===
* ''[http://www.tchad.org/zaghawa/Beria-Eng-BDict.pdf Beria-English English-Beria Dictionary] [provisional]'' ADESK, Iriba, Kobe Department, Chad

{{C|zag|Animals|Mammals}}

==Zhuang==

===Etymology===
From {{bor|za|ltc|坡}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{za-pron}}

===Noun===
{{za-head|noun|𡏋|圤|坡|𫭝}}

# [[mountain]] [[slope]]; [[hillside]]; [[mountainside]]

==Zulu==

===Pronoun===
{{zu-pron|stem=1}}

# {{zu-combining stem of|bona}}